Five Seconds to Fraud: Detecting AI Deepfakes Before They Strike with Ben Colman
About this episode
Ben Colman discusses the rise of AI-generated deepfakes and their implications for cybersecurity.
Inside the AI Deepfake Threat What if the voice confirming your wire transfer wasn't actually your client? Ben Colman, founder and CEO of Reality Defender, joins host John Richards to unpack one of the fastest-growing attack surfaces in cybersecurity: AI-generated deepfakes. Once the exclusive domain of Hollywood studios and nation-state actors, real-time voice and video impersonation is now accessible to anyone with a laptop—and fraudsters are scaling up fast. From Specialized Hardware to Your Home Computer Ben traces the evolution from the specialized machinery required six years ago to today's world where anyone can clone a voice with less than five seconds of audio—locally, for free, using open-source models. He walks through the modern fraud landscape, from grandparent scams and bank account takeovers to an eye-opening story about fake job applicants that will make any recruiting team rethink its screening process. Reality Defender's approach is built for how organizations actually work—plugging directly into call centers, video conferencing platforms, and identity verification tools through a simple API, rather than asking teams to adopt yet another standalone product…
People in this episode
Host: John Richards
Guest: Ben Colman
Topics covered
- AI deepfakes
- cybersecurity
- fraud detection
- voice impersonation
- identity verification
Keywords
- deepfakes
- cybersecurity
- fraud
- voice cloning
- AI
- identity verification
- scams
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Reality Defender
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